Gay and lesbian Catholic groups are holding
an international congress in Portugal this
week as they seek to make their voices
heard by the Vatican.
Opening on Monday in the southern resort
of Portimao, the three-day event aims to
formally federate some 30 associations
representing homosexual Catholics from
around the world.
Together they intend to press for an "urgent
change of attitude from Catholic authorities"
towards gay parishioners, said Jose Leote
whose group Rumos Novos (New
Directions) is organising the event.
Their congress coincides with an
extraordinary synod which began at the
Vatican on Sunday to review the Church's
attitude to marriage, cohabitation and
divorce.
Fifteen to 20 delegates will meet in person
in Portugal, with the same number joining
in by videoconference, to draw up a
statement to send to Pope Francis and the
nearly 200 bishops meeting for two weeks
in Rome.
"Jesus began with 12, and look at what that
has become," said Francis DeBernardo, head
of the US-based "News Ways Ministry" which
represents lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) Catholics.
DeBernardo intends to act as a bridge
between the congress and the synod that
opened Sunday in Rome, where he will also
be holding a seminar on the place of gays in
the Church.
The US group wrote to the pope a few
months ago, thanking him for his openness
to discussing LGBT issues and urging him to
go further.
"I think this will be a major question of the
synod," said DeBernardo. "The topic of
homosexuality is so widespread in so many
societies and it affects so many people, not
only those who are LGBT, but their families,
friends, co-workers."
The Catholic synod could potentially lead to
change in attitudes to marriage,
cohabitation and divorce.
While the Roman Catholic Church is certainly
not about to embrace gay marriage, it could
send out a signal of compassion by making
it clear priests should be ready to baptise
the children of same-sex couples.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141005/first-gay-catholic-congress-press-pope-change

hmm

Hmmm....them plenty for there. A place where their is no salvation message, what else do you expect? Satan will bomabard the place will all sort of immorality. A lot of thibg s is still going to unleashed in these last days.

I don't understand how there can be gay Catholics. How can you belong to an institution that has repressed, discriminated against and promoted hate against your people for over 16 hundred years?

But then again, there are also female Catholics so I guess its not so strange.

Why am I not suprised

EvilBrain1:
I don't understand how there can be gay Catholics. How can you belong to an institution that has repressed, discriminated against and promoted hate against your people for over 16 hundred years?

But then again, there are also female Catholics so I guess its not so strange.

Hmm

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